Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-05

helablVe 10 promotion In the meulChl
corps OF the United states Army.
10 prevent the employment OF conVlcts
and alien labor on public works.
To open to settlement the public land
strip south OF Kansas.
For the construction Of Federal build
ings at Monroe. La, Saginaw, Mich, and
Annapolis, Md,
The O'Neill labor arbitration bill for the
| settlement OF controversies between in-
terstate railroads and their employees.
The Morrison surplus resolution.
FAILED OF ENROLMENT.
Several bills of minor Importance failed
OF enrolment in the haste incident to the
closing of Congress, and therefore failed
| Of enactment.
Nearly a dozen bills relating to the
same subjects were passed by both
houses, but failed because of differences
| between the two houses.
| The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and
the bill TO repeal the preemption or home
| stead, timber culture and desert land
| laws were in conference for long while,
but the differences proved irreconcilable.
The bill to tax fractional parts OF a
| gallon of spirits was killed by the refusal
OF the House to accept the conference re-
| port.
| The bill to create a department of agri-
| culture and labor was killed by the In
! terence cOmnIttee.
About l50 bills and joint resolutions
| which passed the House failed OF action
| in the Senate, some of which, however,
were defeated by adverse committee re-
| ports. Among these were the following:
To authorize the establishment of ex-
| port tobacco manufactures, and Tor
drawback upon imported articles used in
manufacturing exported tobacco.
a n EInfIna,q
claim for expenditures incurred in sup
| pressing Indian hOstilitles.
| To terminate certain Chinese treaty
stipulations and prohibit Chinese immi-
| grafton into the United States.
To repeal the law allowing collectors
commissions on taxes collected on dis
titled spirits.
To amend the law making distinction
in the mode of packing and selling cut
| tobacco.
THE BLAIR AND NAVAL BILLS.
About 750 bills passed by the Senate
| failed of passage In the House. The
Blair educational bill. after passing the
! Senate, was bufeted about from one
committee to another in the House, nd
| was never allowed TO come before the
| House for action. although It's friends
| claimed a decided majority in it's favor
| on test voJe.
Iue CdmtTOu-hhtb Twin uiilb hppTOpIi-
| ating $50, 100000 for an increase OF the
navy We're sent to the Naval Committee
and died there, although provision for adj
| ditional vessels was inserted in the naval
appropriation bill.
The twin fortihcation bills which passed
! the Senate we're allowed to sleep Ia the
House Appropriations Committee room.
The MeAdoO fortification bill reported
by the House Military Committee never
received action by the House.
The Harrison bill for a division OF Da-
| kato and the admission OF the lower half
as State was passed by party vote In
| the Senate, but was adversely reported
from the committee in the House. A
substitute in the nature of an enabling
act for the whole Territory was reported
as a substitute, but it still slumbers on
the overburdened House calendar.
i he joint resolution to change inaugu-
ration day from March TO April 30 was
favorably reported, but was left unacted
| upon.
OTHER MEASURES ENACTED ON.
Other Senate measures which failed of
action are as follows:
To credit the several States and Terri
tories with all moneys collected under the
| direct tax act.
To prohibit the transmission through
the mails or publications containing lot
| tery advertisements.
For monument to Gen. Grant.
For the inspection OF meats exported,
ana prohibiting the importation OF adul-
terated food or drink.
For the appointment OF @ com mission
to investigate yellow fever.
For the erection of monument to
Lincoln.
To extend the eight hour law to letter.
carriers. (The previous question on its
| tl.,.H II
| To increase the efficiency OF the army.
| (The Logan bill with certain amend
ments).
For the incorporation OF the Atlantic
and Pacific (Eads) Ship Railway Com
pany.
To promote political and commercial
progress among the American nations.
| { 1t proposes a convention of the Ameri-
| can nations at Washington.
To classify and fix the salaries for land
registers and receivers.
To prohibit members of Congress from
| acting as attorneys for corporations in
terested in Congressional legislation.
To incorporate the Nicaragua Maritime
| Canal Company.
Making an appropriation for the i'm
provement Of the Charlest3u jetties.
For monument to Mary. mother of
| Washington.
To extirpate contagious pleuro-pneu-
! monia.
For memorial bridge across the Po-
tomac river at Washington.
TO extend the time for fling the French
| spoliation claims.
To reimburse the Freedman's Bank de-
positors.
For the determination OF the rights of
the United States in lands granted TO aid
| In the construction Of railroads IN Florida.
To pension Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Frank
Blair at $1,000 per annum adversely re-
ported).
To fix the passport fee at 81.
For the erection OF public buildings at
the following places: Vicksburg, Miss;
Charlotte, N. c.; Petersburg, Va; Nor
folk, Va; Greenyille, s. O., and Harrison
burg, Va.
| IMPORTANT BUT UNACTED ON.
The following measures OF national I'm
portance failed OF action OF an afirma-
| tive nature In either house: The Morrl-
son and other tariff bills, which the
| House on a test vote refused even to con-
| slider.
Various bills on the silver question.
Both branches of Congress extensively
and exhaustively discussed this topic.
| No action was taken IN the Senate. The
| House passed no measure on the subject,
| but contented itself with voting down
propositions for free silver coinage and
| for the auananeiOn of silver dollar coin-